Wednesday, February 11, 2015

3 Tips Every Job Applicant Should Know

1. Copy and paste the job description into a word-cloud generator, like Wordle. This way, the most important words will immediately become apparent.

2. Remember: who you follow on social media and who’s following you is public. Just ask Google’s former CEO.

3. Follow the result-by-action structure for the bullet points on your resume. For example:

  • Generated approximately $452,000 in annual savings by employing a new procedure which streamlined the business's vendor relationships